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In an era long before women were thought capable of doing much of anything, Dorothy Levitt decided that she wanted to do it all. Avid horseback rider, self-styled motoriste, race car driver, boat racer, journalist and amateur aviator, Levitt was a woman well before her era and, at the same time, exactly what Edwardian Britain needed. Dorothy Levitt was born Elizabeth Levi in Hackney, London in 1882, and she had the taste for speed on her tongue right from the start. Her early life isn’t really well-known, but she often fell back on her experience as a horse rider to describe her racing life. “It is far harder work to sit in a car than to ride a galloping horse over the jumps in a steeplechase,” she said in a 1906 edition of the Penny Illustrated Paper. She had been employed as a secretary at Napier & Sons, a British engineering company that produced luxury cars and aero engines. Through her connections there, she met Selwyn Edge, who drove Napier cars in … [Read more...] about The Woman Who Taught Queens To Drive Set The Fastest Women’s Speed Record

PUBLISHED: 13:31 07 April 2018 | UPDATED: 13:31 07 April 2018 Work on Brazen Gate has been going on since January, but is nearly finished. Picture: DENISE BRADLEY Archant Long-running roadworks on a number of Norwich city centre roads should come to an end on Monday, but recent bad weather means workers will need to return one more time later this month. Work in the Queens Road/Brazen Gate/All Saints Green/Grove Road of the city started in January - part of a £670,000 Transport for Norwich scheme. The work includes: installing a camera to enforce the Grove Road bus gate; replacing the signal crossing on Grove Road with a zebra crossing; a new zebra crossing on Brazen Gate; new cycle lanes in Brazen Gate and All Saints Green and modifications to the pedestrian crossings at Queens Road junction. During the work, there have been road closures, lane closures and temporary traffic lights, while families in Grove Road had to endure noisy overnight resurfacing work. The traffic … [Read more...] about Norwich roadworks in Queens Road/Brazen Gate to come to an end… almost

Sections SEARCH Skip to content Skip to site index Obituaries Subscribe Log In Subscribe Log In Advertisement Supported by In the 1950s, when women were relegated to housework, Stringfield revved and roared through Florida’s palm-tree-lined streets on her Harley-Davidson. ByNikita Stewart April 4, 2018 Since 1851, obituaries in The New York Times have been dominated by white men. With Overlooked , we’re adding the stories of remarkable people. Somewhere between myth, memory and motorcycles, Bessie B. Stringfield was great. In the 1950s, when women were relegated to housework, either in marriage or as domestics, Stringfield was married several times and worked as a maid yet revved and roared through Florida’s palm-tree-lined streets on her Harley-Davidson, earning the unofficial title of “Motorcycle Queen of Miami.” Her legend was big enough to warrant a posthumous induction into the Hall of Fame of the … [Read more...] about Overlooked No More: Bessie B. Stringfield, the ‘Motorcycle Queen of Miami’

MERIDIAN, Miss. – A new event on the World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series schedule this year is fit for a queen. The Queen City Shootout at Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, Miss., will be a marquee event consisting of back-to-back 50-lap $10,000-to-win shows on Friday and Saturday, April 20-21. Last year during the series’ inaugural race at the Whynot Motorsports Park, Brandon Sheppard battled alongside Billy Moyer and a hard-charging Timothy Culp to claim his first win of the season. The eventual series champion tallied 18 wins last season, but describes the first win of any season as “the hardest to get.” This year Sheppard returns to Whynot Motorsports Park on the defense, not only as the last Outlaw winner at the track but also as the defending series champion. Culp returns to the stage too, but this time as a rookie-of-the-year contender with hopes of finishing one position ahead of last year. “Last year, when we were … [Read more...] about WoO Late Model Drivers Prepare For Queen City Shootout